Bad Runner

I hate running. But I'm committed to it. This is the blog of my progress.
December 13th 2006
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Healthy Breakfasts - the quicker the better

HIIT training recommends that you exercise on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, and if possible, refrain from eating for the first hour afterwards. Supposedly, this forces your body to use fat stores as its energy source, as well as to begin recovering from the workout. The problem ...
December 13th 2006
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Was it really the meeting, or was it fear?

So, I didn't work out this morning. And I'm really annoyed about it. However, I can't honestly say if it was due to the really early morning meeting I had, or a little fear of how hard HIIT is. I imagine it was both, as I did have several hours ...
December 11th 2006
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They call them Mondays for a reason

I knew going to bed last night that what I had to look forward to wasn't the run, but the finishing of the run. This morning, I woke up listening to it rain very hard out my window, and knew that I couldn't think about the sprinting itself. I hit ...
December 10th 2006
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My first HIIT session

Wow. I just got back from my first try at High Intensity Interval Training, and damn, it was hard. I remember going into it thinking that the short time periods would be so much easier than long, boring, 45-minute runs. It might be shorter, but it's not easier. I started out ...
December 8th 2006
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Today was the hardest to get up

The bed was warm. I could see it was cold outside. I really wanted to stay in bed. But I didn't. I put on quite a bit of warm clothes this morning, and when I walked out the door I was glad I did. After I got running, I remembered how ...
December 4th 2006
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It’s not raining, I better take advantage

Today was pretty cold. The first day I've worn gloves so far. Unfortunately, I didn't have any light or even small gloves, and I had to go with my bulky snowboarding gloves. They weren't bad, but they were so thick and big, they kind of bounced. They also didn't feel ...
December 1st 2006
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Running wasn’t so bad today

It's Friday and the third day of the week I've ran. Certainly not something to brag about, but for me, it was good just to have that consistency. As I was running this morning, I felt the best I have so far, and at the end of the run I ...
November 29th 2006
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Wednesday. Another bad day to run

Not much to report today. i ran. The best part of the exercise was realizing that I was successful in getting out of bed, and that I did in fact run. Ran again for about 2 1/2 miles and again took it easy. The scale afterwards said 234 lbs. I ...
November 27th 2006
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I hate running… Why am I doing this?

There is little doubt that I abhor running. I'm a big guy (236 lbs.) and have never been fast. Only once or twice in my life have I ever been even remotely successful at running, and at my peak I ran a 10k in just under an hour. Not very ...

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I'm ready to be healthy. I'm also ready to not gain a pound or two a year-which has added up. I'm ready to lose some fat, continue to build a little muscle, feel better, look better, and write about the whole process. I hope that something in these pages can motivate you, too. Leave comments and let me know your thoughts.

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August 27th 2007
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Continuing to do HIIT on the exercise bike

I haven't been completely disciplined this summer, but I've probably done a HIIT workout at least 2-3 times a week this summer. There have of course been a few weeks where I was sick or out of town or something, but for the most part, I'm doing 25-30 minutes on ...
June 6th 2007
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Exercise makes running easier

I recently got some new shoes, the Nike Air Triax+. They're Awesome. So comfortable, so squishy, so supportive. I threw in my iPod+ pod and headed out for a run. It's the first run I've done in a while, and I was super excited to find that since I've been ...
May 30th 2007
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Getting beyond 30 second training intervals

Since I've been riding on the exercise bike, I've been doing 60 second intervals. Yesterday I did 10. The way the program on this bike works, there are 60-second intervals followed by 60-second rest periods. They alternate every 60 seconds right from the beginning, but increasing in difficulty before slowly ...
May 14th 2007
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HIIT Training on an exercise bike

After battling shin splints for too long, I've taken the search for alternative ways to do HIIT lately, especially at the gym. I can do it on an eliptical machine, but I really hate them, and I feel like a complete freak while doing it, so last week I ...
May 2nd 2007
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Quick check in: Running still sucks.

So, it'd been a while since I strapped on the sneakers and went for a run. I've been bad. Period. But not as bad as running is. I still can't stand it. My legs hurt today, but more of a slow, ache. I know I'm just not used to asking that ...

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